Acnistus arborescens (L.) Schltdl. (Linnaea 7: 67. 1832.) Localities: West Indies (native), Lesser Antilles (native) [Antigua, Grenada, Barbados, Dominica, Martinique, Monserrat, Saba, St. Lucia, St. Martin, St. Vincent], Greater Antilles [ Cuba (native), Hispaniola (native)[ Dominican Republic, Haiti,], Puerto Rico (native)[], Virgin Islands (native) ( Tortola, ) ], North America (Mexico), Mexico (native), Central America (native), South America (native), Common Names: Bastard sirio (L. Antilles), Hollow heart (L. Antilles), Mata gallina (Dominican Republic), Siyou (L. Antilles), Tabak djab (L. Antilles), Wild tobacco (L. Antilles), Synonyms: Acnistus frutescens Bello (Anales Soc. Esp. Hist. Nat. 10: 299. 1881.), Atropa arborescens L. (Cent. Pl. 2, 10. 1756.), Citations:1). Barker, H.D. and W.S. Dardeau. 1930. La Flore d'Haiti. Port-au-Prince. 456 pp. 2). Bello Espinosa, D. 1883. Apuntes para la flora de Puerto Rico. Segunda parte. Anal. Soc. Española de Hist. Nat. 12: 103-130. 3). Britton, N.L. and P. Wilson. 1923-1926. Botany of Porto Rico and Virgin Islands. Scientific Survey of Porto Rico and Virgin Islands. New York Academy of Sciences, New York. 4). Flora of Trinidad and Tobago: This flora was published in many parts with many authors. There is no overall editor. R. O. Williams was author of the first treatment and of many others. 5). Howard, R.A. 1974-1989. Flora of the Lesser Antilles. Vols. 1-6. Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University. Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts. 6). León, F., 1946; León, F. and H. Alain, 1951-1957. Flora de Cuba. Habana. 7). Liogier, A.H. 1982-2000. La flora de la Española. Univ. Central de Este, San Pedro de Macoris. Taller, República Dominicana. 8). Liogier, A.H. 1985-1997. Descriptive Flora of Puerto Rico and adjacent islands. Spermatophyta. Vols. 1-5. Editorial Universitaria, Universidad de Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico. 9). Liogier, A.H. 2000. Diccionario botánico de nombres vulgares de la Espanola. Jardin Botanico Nacional Dr. Rafael Ma. Moscoso, Santo Domingo, Republica Dominicana. 10). Stahl, A. 1883-1888. Estudios sobre la flora de Puerto-Rico. Folleto I-VI. Tip. El Asimilista, San Juan (Folleto I); Tip. González and Cía, San Juan (Folleto II-VI). Puerto Rico. 11). The International Plant Names Index (IPNI). 2008. Website: www.ipni.org 12). Tropicos.org. 2008. Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis. Website: www.tropicos.org Last edited 16 Apr 09 |